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Sven Ulreich: A life behind Neuer’s giant shadow
Life’s never easy as a reserve goalkeeper, much less if you lurk behind Manuel Neuer.…
Je t’aime, Liverpool: How to Talk About Love and Your Football Club
This feature talks about how Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool aided a small victory over depression by…
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee: Arsenal’s tale of two strikers
Arsenal have top-class strikers in Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette. Can Unai Emery unlock their…
Unai Emery: The long road from Basque Country to Islington
As the 2018/19 season kickstarts, Unai Emery faces the the unenviable prospect of following in…
Football has no home: Enough with the negativity
As we repeatedly stumble upon examples of banter and general negativity crossing lines and limits,…
Manchester United have their totem within reach, they just need to look
Five years since Fergie left, and Manchester United still look in transition. What’s gone so…
Chelsea: Next stop for Jorginho and Maurizio Sarri’s Neapolitan fine-arts
Chelsea’s two biggest hires this season can transform the way the club has looked at…
Ajax Amsterdam: The dance between hope and pain
We explore the angst and optimism of AFC Ajax supporters, uncovering the factors behind the…
Seattle Sounders: MLS, B-teams and a search for identity
With frequent rebranding and relocations, it wasn’t easy to be a soccer fan in USA,…
The finals of Euro 2016: The night of contradictions, the night of Pepe
The final of Euro 2016 served as the perfect stage a man who was fighting…
Finland: A Tale Of Hope and Close Misses
Finland are yet to occupy a space of any relevance in world football’s consciousness, but…
The dance of the virtuoso: Lessons from the World Cup
The platitude of football being a team game has been heard by everyone, but we…
Mohamed Salah: More Than A Footballer
Over the last year, Mohamed Salah has not just been a successful footballer, but a…
A walk through Hungary: Once the axis of football, now a distant admirer
Our in-house writer visited Budapest, the focal-point for the best of European football not so…
Neymar: Brazil’s little misunderstood genius behind all the theatrics
Neymar at Russia 2018 came out with the reputation of a farceur, but behind everything…
Doped Up on Delirium – The madness of World Cup 2018
World Cup 2018 was one of the most memorable major football tournaments in recent times,…
Argentina at Russia 2018: The self-destructive version of viveza-criolla
There was a lot to dislike about Argentina’s conduct at this World Cup, and it’s…
Jo Hyeun-woo – South Korea’s accidental World Cup hero
When the World Cup started, South Korea’s choice of goalkeeper lay elsewhere. Jo Hyun-woo used…
“If He Was Brazilian” – In Defence of Jordan Henderson
If Jordan Henderson’s surname was Hendrao or Hendrinho, every forward pass would have been memorable…